Consolidated Gas Electric Light & Power Co. v. State Ex Rel. Smith
Court of Appeals of Maryland
Appeal from the Baltimore City Court (Shaep, J.). Plaintiff's 1st Prayer.—If the jury find from the evidence that the defendant Company owned and maintained a certain insulated wire carrying electrical current of high voltage which said wire was fastened to and supported by a cross-arm of a certain pole located in the bed of Guilford Ave., north of Eager Street, in the City of Baltimore and if the jury further find that the said pole was jointly used by the defendant and by…
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Appeal from the Baltimore City Court (Shaep, J.). Plaintiff's 1st Prayer.—If the jury find from the evidence that the defendant Company owned and maintained a certain insulated wire carrying electrical current of high voltage which said wire was fastened to and supported by a cross-arm of a certain pole located in the bed of Guilford Ave., north of Eager Street, in the City of Baltimore and if the jury further find that the said pole was jointly used by the defendant and by the Western Union Telegraph Company; and if the jury further find that Harry H. Smith, the husband of the equitable…
1Opinion of the CourtPearce, J.
This suit was brought by the State for the use of Mary O. Smith, widow, and Harry E. Smith, infant son of Harry H. Smith, deceased, against the Consolidated Oas Electric Light and Power Company to recover damages for the death of said Harry H. Smith, caused by the alleged negligence of the defendant. There was a verdict for $4,800, of which there was apportioned by the jury to the widow the sum of $2,300, and to the infant child $2,500, and from the judgment on this verdict the defendant has appealed.
There are thirty-eight exceptions, the last being to the ruling on a motion to strike out…
2Cases cited10 opinions
- Union Pacific Railway Co. v. O'BrienSupreme Court of the United States · 1896
- Baltimore & Ohio Railroad v. State ex rel. SavingtonCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1889
- Black v. Bank of WestminsterCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1903
- Baltimore Belt Railroad v. SattlerCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1905
- Ziehm v. United Electric Light & Power Co.Court of Appeals of Maryland · 1906
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